When you are a dog lover you have a companion that takes on the role of both friend and family member.

There’s something new in Menemsha. Has anyone spotted it?

It’s almost here, that day full of fabulous tradition and community spirit is just around the corner. The kids have been lacing up their sneakers and stretching out their legs in anticipation of the annual Chilmark School Turkey Trot. On Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. the entire school, many friends, neighbors and alumni will walk, trot and, perhaps, even gallop their way down Middle Road from Beetlebung Corner to the end of Keith’s field and back. Instilling the notion of healthy bodies, healthy minds and good clean fun is what it’s all about.

With temperatures still hovering around warm rather than cool, the Bonito are still showing themselves off the jetty.

Lee Ellsworth, formerly of Coast Guard Station Menemsha, was in town for a visit a short while back.

Life for the Allen family, father Albert and mother Leonora, was about to change in October 1929.

Our saltwater sportsmen are enjoying the last few days of derby fishing.

The weather pattern was favorable for the first few weeks of fall but bright skies changed to swirling winds and storm clouds that seemed to inflate before my eyes over the Sound.

Pale golden sunlight falls across the trees as they begin their autumnal change.

Summer has managed to string itself along through this third week of September with its warm breezes, fish jumping, sailboats skimming along the water, toes in the sand and bodies in the surf.